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Ukraine leader invites UN on operation

Ukraine's interim president has invited the United Nations to join his army's "anti-terrorist operation" against pro-Kremlin militants who have seized buildings in the ex-Soviet state's Russified east.

"We are not against and welcome if, with your assistance, we conduct a joint anti-terrorist operation in the east," the Ukrainian leader's office quoted Oleksandr Turchynov as telling UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Monday.